Noon class. Went into class looking to do some personal work, but wound up leading class. I actually love leading class, pretty great way to solidify what you know yourself.
I’ve found you don’t truly learn something until you try to teach someone else.
It was weapons and kata, so we worked Too San and Naihanchin 3x times each, very slowly. Then we did Bo 1 4x times very slowly and then drilled the strike + kick + spin part a dozen times.
Classifying this as straight up training. Worked for 3 hours straight. Kata, Weapons, Self Defense… The whole shebang tonight.
Kata: Konku, Pinan 5
Weapons: Nunchuka, Bo 1 & 2, Sai
Self Defense: 6th & 7th set
– Side Knife Attack x4
– Dislocated Shoulder x4
– Hook Kick x4
– Short Rib x4
– Hip Toss x4
– 360 x4
– Blasting Elbow x4
+ Face Kick Breakdown x4
Brown & Blackbelt class: Weapons again. We worked Sai, drills and Kata all very slowly. Working specific technique and refining what we could.
Just before class Sensei called me out on the floor and paired me up with a Blackbelt and had me work Konku slowly. Working on technique and refining certain parts of the Kata. Pretty cool.
Weapons: We started off with some basic review; bowing. Then we did 2x of each basic kick. Then worked Bo strikes for 20x each. Then did Bo 1 3x times each. Strong class.
I started off the day feeling pretty sickly. I kinda punked out by midday and started thinking about not going to class. But I went anyways. I’m glad I did – even though it’s been a long night and I may pay for it tomorrow.
Weapons + Kata: Started class off with 5 basic Kata in a row with little break. I worked on pacing myself so I wasn’t wiped. Then we paired off and drilled Sai and Sai Kata. Worked on technique.